Ironing-board.



No. 766,208. PATENTED AUG. 2, 1-904.

G. H. WILLIAMS.

IRONING BOARD.

APPLICATION TILED D110. 14, 1903.

H0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented August 2, 1904.

CHARLES H. WILLIAMS, OF FOVLER, CALIFORNIA.

lRONlNG-BOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 766,208, dated August 2, 1904.

Application filed December 14, 1903. Serial No. 185,086. (No model.)

To all whom, it WMLZ/ concern/.-

Be it known that I, CHARLEs H. lVILLIAMs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fowler, in the county of Fresno and State of California, have invented certain new and useful 1mprovements in Ironing-Boards, of which the following is a specification.

This invention provides novel improvements in ironing-board structures of the type involving means for securing the board in working position.

The essential feature of the invention is the particular form of the clamp means by which the board may be secured to a table or the like and held firmly thereto. For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means for effecting the result desired reference is to be had to the following description and drawings hereto attached.

WVhile the essential and characteristic features of the invention are susceptible of modification, still the preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of the invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the ironingboard in working position. Fig. 3 is a side elevation showing the board in knocked-down condition. Fig. 4 is a bottom plan view of the board and adjacent clamping means carried thereby.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

The board 1 is of ordinary form, slightly tapering toward one end in the usual manner. To the under side of the board 1 is secured, by means of hinges 2, a pivoted bar3, to which the leg L, designed to support the board in working position, is attached by suitable fastoning means. Extending lengthwise of the board and secured to a cleat 5 upon the under side of the board are clamp-bars 6, disposed in spaced relation, the securing means, consisting of screws or similar fastenings, (designated 7,)beinglocated adjacent corresponding end portions of the said bars. The end portions of the bars 6, disposed adjacent the cleat 5, cooperate with the board in the clamping action of the bars in a manner which will appear more fully hereinafter. The opposite end portions of the bars 6 engage the pivoted member 3, being held firmly against the said member by the fastening means 7. The bars 6 maybe made of wood or similar material and are designed to have a certain amount of spring action, so as to firmly engage against the pivoted member 3 both when the leg i is closed up against the board and when same is in supportingposition relative thereto.

The end portions of clamp-bars 6, which engage the member 3, are forced away from the board when the leg at is given a pivotal movement to throw same in a vertical position. The above operation causes the opposite end portions of the bars 6 to frictionally engage the table or whatever part may be disposed intermediate the said endsand the board proper. The spring action of the clamp-bars 6 firmly holds the legs 4: in the extended position shown in Fig. 2, and at the same time the desired clamping action is effected to hold the board in the working position. \Vhen the board is out of use, the leg 4 is held firmly thereagainst by the engaging action of the clamp-bars against the member 3. It will be understood that within the contemplation of my invention 1 may form the member 3 intogrally with the supporting-leg 4. Aconnecting-bar 8 is secured to the corresponding portions of the clamping-bars adjacent to the member 3, which connecting-bar holds the clamp-bars in proper engaging relation against the member 8, preventing lateral movement of the bars in a manner readily apparent.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is In an ironing-board, in combination, a rigid cleat secured to the under side of said board adjacent one end, a hinged actuating-bar secured to the under side of the board, a supporting-leg carried by the actuating-bar and secured to said actuating-bar at a point between the ends of said bar, spaced longitudinal clamp-bars rigidly secured at pointsintermediate their ends to the cleat aforesaid, corresponding ends of the clampbars being ment of the clamp-bars.

In testimony whereofI aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses. CHARLES H. WILLIAMS.

Witnesses:

UHAs. NELSON, WYLIE M. GIFFEN.

adapted to engage a suitable object, the 0pposite ends of said clamp-bars engaging the hinged actuating-bar upon opposite sides of the leg carried thereby, and a bar connecting the longitudinal clamp-bars at points between the hinged actuating-bar and the rigid cleat,

said connecting-bar preventing lateral move- 

